Teller, Edward (Oral history)

Hungarian civilian nuclear physicist in US, 1943-1958

REEL 1 Recollections of period as nuclear physicist in US, 1943-1958: reaction to Russian detonation of atomic bomb, 1949; opinion of Klaus Fuchs' espionage; reaction to successful testing of hydrogen bomb; effect of radioactive fallout during Castle Bravo nuclear tests in Pacific, 1954; reaction to launch of Russian satellite Sputnik, 1957; effects of successful testing of Hydrogen Bomb; differences between Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs; importance of Hydrogen Bomb during Cold War; question of inevitability of the Cold War. REEL 2 Continues: opposition of some scientists towards development of Hydrogen Bomb during 1950s; question of main threats to world; opinion of Robert Oppenheimer; question of treatment of Robert Oppenheimer by Atomic Energy Commission; background to President Harry Truman's decision to develop Hydrogen Bomb, 1949; opinion of factors that helped win the Cold War.